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  John Miller Baer (1886-1970) — of North Dakota. Born in Black Creek, Outagamie County, Wis., March 29, 1886. Civil engineer; farmer; cartoonist; postmaster; U.S. Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated (Non-Partisan League), 1920. Congregationalist. Died in Washington, D.C., February 18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326 days). Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Paul Jacob Bailey (1905-1994) — also known as Paul J. Bailey — of Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Md. Born in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1905. Republican. Musician; lawyer; farmer; theater owner; member of Maryland Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; member of Maryland state senate, 1946-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956. Member, Sigma Nu Phi. Died November 30, 1994 (age 89 years, 31 days). Interment at All Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Henry Bailey and Lillian (Alwine) Bailey; married to Verna (Putnam) Virts.
  Epitaph: "STATE SENationalOR, CONSERVATOR, SERVANT AND FRIEND OF ST. MARY's CountyNTY AND MARYLAND -- RETURN UNTO THY REstate, O MY SOUL, FOR THE LOrder HATH DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH THEE."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Battell (1839-1915) — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., July 15, 1839. Republican. Author; farmer; member of Vermont state senate, 1876; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1910. Died in Washington, D.C., February 23, 1915 (age 75 years, 223 days). Interment at West Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Battell and Emma Hart (Seymour) Battell; brother of Emma Seymour Battell (who married John Wolcott Stewart); grandson of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857); grandnephew of Henry Seymour; great-grandson of Moses Seymour; first cousin once removed of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) and George Seymour; second cousin of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Morris Woodruff Seymour and Horatio Seymour Jr.; second cousin once removed of McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Norman Alexander Seymour; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles and Daniel Pitkin; fourth cousin of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David Lowrey Seymour, Thomas Henry Seymour and Orlo Erland Wadhams.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "Benefactor of Middlebury."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward McMathers Beers (1877-1932) — also known as Edward M. Beers — of Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pa. Born in Nossville, Huntingdon County, Pa., May 27, 1877. Republican. Farmer; hotel manager; director Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; director, First National Bank, Mt. Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt. Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in office 1932. Methodist. Died, of influenza, in the Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1932 (age 54 years, 330 days). Interment at Mt. Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Anderson Beers and Mary E. (Parsons) Beers; married 1910 to Iva Clarissa Ewing.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Marion Berry (b. 1942) — also known as Marion Berry — of Gillett, Arkansas County, Ark. Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark., August 27, 1942. Democrat. Pharmacist; farmer; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1997-2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000, 2004, 2008. Methodist. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  James Blair (1786-1834) — of South Carolina. Born in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., September 26, 1786. Democrat. Planter; sheriff; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in office 1834; in 1832, he assaulted newspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, and fined $350. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Washington, D.C., April 1, 1834 (age 47 years, 187 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — of Prince George County, Va. Born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., March 21, 1742. Physician; planter; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince George County, 1788; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office 1790. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1790 (age 48 years, 72 days). Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling) Bland; married 1768 to Martha Dangerfield; nephew of Richard Bland; uncle of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; grandnephew of Richard Randolph; granduncle of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; first cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Henry Lee, Charles Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin five times removed of William Welby Beverley; second cousin of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph and Beverley Randolph; second cousin once removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, John Wayles Eppes, Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton Randolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Edmund Randolph and Carter Henry Harrison; second cousin thrice removed of William Lewis Cabell, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, George Craighead Cabell, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall, Carter Henry Harrison II, Frederick Madison Roberts and Douglass Townshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed of Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, Benjamin Earl Cabell, John Gardner Coolidge, Edith Wilson, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt, Francis Beverley Biddle and Richard Walker Bolling; second cousin five times removed of Henry De La Warr Flood, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell; third cousin of David Meriwether (1755-1822), James Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether Lewis; third cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of George Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Robertson.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) — also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier — of Louisiana. Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La., March 22, 1797. Planter; member of Louisiana state senate, 1833-43; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., April 24, 1844 (age 47 years, 33 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
  Presumably named for: John the Baptist
  Bossier Parish, La. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Blanche K. Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) — also known as Blanche K. Bruce — of Floreyville (unknown county), Miss. Born in slavery near Farmville, Prince Edward County, Va., March 1, 1841. Republican. School teacher; planter; Bolivar County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1880, 1884; Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93. African ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., March 17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (supporitng arts and high-risk youth) is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore, Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, as of 1926; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74. Episcopalian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976. Died, as a result of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James Bruce; married, May 29, 1926, to Ailsa Mellon (daughter of Andrew William Mellon); married, April 23, 1945, to Evangeline Bell; grandnephew of James Alexander Seddon; first cousin of Howard Bruce.
  Political family: Bruce-Mellon family of Virginia.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) — also known as Frank H. Buck — of Vacaville, Solano County, Calif. Born near Vacaville, Solano County, Calif., September 23, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; fruit grower; director of oil and lumber companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940; U.S. Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in office 1942. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Eagles; Theta Delta Chi. Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke), in Washington, D.C., September 17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359 days). Interment at Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Henry Buck and Annie Elizabeth (Stevenson) Buck; married, April 18, 1911, to Zayda Zabriskie; married, January 23, 1926, to Eva M. Benson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Milo D. Campbell Milo DeWitt Campbell (1851-1923) — also known as Milo D. Campbell — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in Quincy, Branch County, Mich., October 25, 1851. Farmer; lawyer; bank director; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1885; mayor of Coldwater, Mich., 1902-05; president, National Milk Producers Association; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923. Died in Washington, D.C., March 22, 1923 (age 71 years, 148 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Raleigh Madison Campbell and Susan Arminta (Culver) Campbell; married, October 18, 1876, to Florence Marian Sears.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Federal Reserve History
  Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) — also known as Clarence Cannon — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo.; Elsberry, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Elsberry, Lincoln County, Mo., April 11, 1879. Democrat. College professor; lawyer; farmer; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33, at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928; Parliamentarian, 1944, 1948. Died in Washington, D.C., May 12, 1964 (age 85 years, 31 days). Interment at Elsberry City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of John Randolph Cannon and Ida Glovina (Whiteside) Cannon; married, August 30, 1906, to Ida Dawson Wigginton.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) — also known as Victor Christgau — of Austin, Mower County, Minn. Born in Austin, Mower County, Minn., September 20, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; member of Minnesota state senate 5th District, 1927-29; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated (Independent), 1932. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, from pneumonia, in George Washington Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1991 (age 97 years, 20 days). Interment at St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, St. Paul Park, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Fred Christgau and Adeline (Vanselow) Christgau; married, July 30, 1931, to Muriel Josephine Doyle.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record
Powell Clayton Powell Clayton (1833-1914) — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Ark. Born in Bethel, Delaware County, Pa., August 7, 1833. Republican. Engineer; surveyor; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter; president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway; Governor of Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1872 (delegation chair), 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896 (speaker), 1908, 1912; member of Republican National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905. Died in Washington, D.C., August 25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Clayton and Ann (Clark) Clayton; brother of John M. Clayton; married, December 14, 1865, to Adaline McGraw.
  Clay County, Ark. may have been named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) — also known as Alfred H. Colquitt — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Monroe, Walton County, Ga., April 20, 1824. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; U.S. Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member of Georgia state legislature, 1859; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1868; received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1872; Governor of Georgia, 1877-82; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., March 26, 1894 (age 69 years, 340 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Terry Colquitt.
  Political family: Lane-Colquitt family of North Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) — also known as William B. Cravens; Ben Cravens — of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark. Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., January 17, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died in office 1939. Christian. Died in Washington, D.C., January 13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361 days). Interment at Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
  Relatives: Son of William Murphy Cravens and Mary Eloise (Rutherford) Cravens; married, December 19, 1895, to Carolyn Dyal; father of William Fadjo Cravens; cousin *** of Jordan Edgar Cravens.
  Political family: Cravens family of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Edward H. Cunningham Edward H. Cunningham (1869-1930) — of Newell, Buena Vista County, Iowa. Born in Burlington, Racine County, Wis., December 14, 1869. Republican. Farmer; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1909-14; Speaker of the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1913-14; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923-30. Member, Farm Bureau. Died, following a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1930 (age 60 years, 349 days). Interment at Newell Cemetery, Newell, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Patrick Henry Cunningham and Hannah (Nagel) Cunningham; married to Ida F. Scovel.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Federal Reserve History
  Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) — also known as Chester B. Darrall — of Brashear (now Morgan City), St. Mary Parish, La.; Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La. Born near Addison, Somerset County, Pa., June 24, 1842. Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; planter; member of Louisiana state senate, 1868; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1888. Died in Washington, D.C., January 1, 1908 (age 65 years, 191 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., March 17, 1798. Planter; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1834; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1830; U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-45); died in office 1845; postmaster at New Orleans, La., 1843. Slaveowner. Died in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La., June 26, 1845 (age 47 years, 101 days). Interment at Grace Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Father of Anna Ruffin Dawson (who married Robert Charles Wickliffe).
  Political family: Wickliffe-Holt family of Bardstown, Kentucky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Gaillard (1765-1826) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson County, S.C. Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley County), S.C., September 5, 1765. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Stephen, 1794-96; member of South Carolina state senate from St. Stephen, 1796-1804; resigned 1804; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., February 26, 1826 (age 60 years, 174 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Gaillard (1736-1800) and Judith (Peyre) Gaillard; married, November 22, 1792, to Mary Lord; uncle of Theodore Gaillard Hunt; great-granduncle of Thomas Porcher Stoney; first cousin once removed of Peter Charles Gaillard, Peter Gaillard Snowden, Franklin Gaillard and Henry Augustus Gaillard; first cousin four times removed of John Palmer Gaillard Jr..
  Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
J. Ralph Gasque John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known as J. Ralph Gasque — of Washington, D.C.; Marion, Marion County, S.C. Born near Mullins, Marion County, S.C., May 16, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate developer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County, 1945-48; member of South Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52, 1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District 1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960, 1964. Member, Woodmen of the World; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Sigma Delta Kappa. Died, in Marion Nursing Center, Rains, Marion County, S.C., April 26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346 days). Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964
  Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) — of Petersburg, Va. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., 1745. Democrat. Planter; lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818. Died in Dinwiddie County, Va., February 21, 1818 (age about 72 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Father-in-law of Patrick Magruder.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Harry W. Griswold Harry Wilbur Griswold (1886-1939) — also known as Harry W. Griswold — of West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis. Born near West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 19, 1886. Republican. Farmer; member of Wisconsin state senate 32nd District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1939; died in office 1939. Died in Washington, D.C., July 4, 1939 (age 53 years, 46 days). Interment at Hamilton Cemetery, West Salem, Wis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England, March 3, 1735. Planter; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; Governor of Georgia, 1777. Mortally wounded in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, near Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., May 19, 1777 (age 42 years, 77 days). Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Married 1757 to Ann Bourne.
  Gwinnett County, Ga. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) — also known as "The Signer" — of Charles City County, Va. Born in Charles City County, Va., April 5, 1726. Planter; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1749-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81; Governor of Virginia, 1781-84; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charles City County, 1788. Died in Charles City County, Va., April 24, 1791 (age 65 years, 19 days). Interment at Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Harrison (1693-1745) and Ann (Carter) Harrison; brother-in-law of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); married 1748 to Elizabeth Bassett; father of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) (who married Anna Tuthill Symmes); uncle of Beverley Randolph; grandfather of John Scott Harrison; great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-granduncle of Carter Henry Harrison; second great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; second great-granduncle of Carter Henry Harrison II; third great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); ancestor *** of James Thomas Harrison; first cousin of Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin once removed of George Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Nicholas; first cousin twice removed of Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857); first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox and Edmund Randolph; first cousin four times removed of Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry Bartow Hawes and William Welby Beverley; first cousin five times removed of Francis Beverley Biddle and Harry Flood Byrd; first cousin six times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; second cousin once removed of Burwell Bassett; third cousin twice removed of Robert Monroe Harrison.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Harrison County, W.Va. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
William P. Kent William Patton Kent (1857-1936) — also known as William P. Kent — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va.; Staunton, Va.; Washington, D.C. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., March 8, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from pneumonia, in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1936 (age 78 years, 361 days). Interment at East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Craig Kent and Elizabeth Ann Woods (Patton) Kent; married 1906 to Annie Hendron Patrick.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1918)
Asbury C. Latimer Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) — also known as Asbury C. Latimer — of Belton, Anderson County, S.C. Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville County, S.C., July 31, 1851. Democrat. Farmer; chair of Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908. Methodist. Died, from appendicitis and peritonitis, in Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., February 20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204 days). Interment at Belton Cemetery, Belton, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Clement Theophilus Latimer and Frances Beulah (Young) Latimer; married, June 26, 1877, to Sara Alice Brown; father of Mamie Latimer (daughter-in-law of Robert Middleton Heard).
  Political family: Heard family of Elberton, Georgia.
  The Latimer Memorial United Methodist Church, in Belton, South Carolina, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — of Westmoreland County, Va. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., January 20, 1732. Democrat. Planter; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1789-92. Slaveowner. Died in Westmoreland County, Va., June 19, 1794 (age 62 years, 150 days). Interment at Burnt House Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison (Ludwell) Lee; brother of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; married, December 5, 1757, to Ann Aylett; married 1769 to Ann (Gaskins) Pinckard; great-grandfather of Francis Preston Blair Lee; second great-grandfather of Edward Brooke Lee; third great-grandfather of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; first cousin once removed and father-in-law of Charles Lee; first cousin once removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; first cousin twice removed of John Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin four times removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill and John Lee Carroll; first cousin six times removed of Outerbridge Horsey; second cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin thrice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, James Sansome Lakin, Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin five times removed of Robert Todd Lincoln, Harrison Moore Lakin and James Offutt Lakin.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Jackson-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lee counties in Ga. and Ill. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Richard Henry Lee: Oliver P. Chitwood, Richard Henry Lee : Statesman of the Revolution
  Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)
Leonidas F. Livingston Leonidas Felix Livingston (1832-1912) — also known as Leonidas F. Livingston — of King's, Newton County, Ga.; Covington, Newton County, Ga. Born near Covington, Newton County, Ga., April 3, 1832. Democrat. Farmer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1876; member of Georgia state senate, 1882; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1891-1911. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., February 11, 1912 (age 79 years, 314 days). Interment at Bethany Church Cemetery, Near Covington, Newton County, Ga.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known as William Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, February 11, 1782. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District 1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22). Slaveowner. Died aboard a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October 27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258 days). Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rawlins Lowndes and Sarah (Jones) Lowndes; brother of Thomas Lowndes; married 1802 to Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (daughter of Thomas Pinckney); second great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank; third great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin twice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political families: DeSaussure-Lowndes-Aiken-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina; Pinckney-Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lowndes counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) — of Clarendon District (now Clarendon County), S.C. Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter County), S.C., May 1, 1789. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1822-25; Governor of South Carolina, 1824-26; member of South Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1830-34; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District 1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 1, 1836 (age 47 years, 0 days). Interment at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Laurence P. Manning and Susannah (Richardson) Manning; married to Elizabeth Peyre Richardson (sister of John Peter Richardson (1801-1864)); father of John Laurence Manning and Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861); nephew of Richard Richardson Jr. and James Burchill Richardson; grandson of Richard Richardson; grandfather of Richard Irvine Manning (1859-1931); first cousin of William McDonald, Edward Richardson Jr. and John Peter Richardson (1801-1864); first cousin once removed of John Peter Richardson (1831-1899); first cousin thrice removed of James Haselden Manning; first cousin four times removed of James Douglass Manning.
  Political families: Richardson-Manning family of South Carolina; Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) — also known as Emmett M. Owen — of Zebulon, Pike County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding County, Ga. Born near Hollonville, Pike County, Ga., October 19, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; fruit farmer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office 1939. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1939 (age 61 years, 245 days). Interment at East View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Owen (b. 1852) — Born in Washington, D.C., August 23, 1852. Coffee planter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Guatemala City, 1904-14. Burial location unknown.
  William Paca (1740-1799) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Abingdon, Baltimore County (now Harford County), Md., October 31, 1740. Lawyer; planter; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1774-76; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-80; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland state senate, 1777-79; Governor of Maryland, 1782-85; delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S. District Judge for Maryland, 1789-99; died in office 1799. Anglican. English and Italian ancestry. Died in Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, Md., October 23, 1799 (age 58 years, 357 days). Interment at Wye Plantation, Queenstown, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Aquilla Parker Paca and Elizabeth (Smith) Paca; brother of Aquila Paca; married, May 26, 1763, to Mary Lloyd Chew (second cousin once removed of Benjamin Chew); married, January 28, 1777, to Anne Harrison; grandfather of Edward Tilghman Paca.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Southworth Parker (1867-1933) — also known as James S. Parker — of Salem, Washington County, N.Y. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., June 3, 1867. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Washington County, 1904-05, 1908-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904, 1908, 1920 (alternate), 1924 (alternate), 1928 (alternate), 1932; chair of Washington County Republican Party, 1910, 1927-32; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1913-33; died in office 1933. Died in Washington, D.C., December 19, 1933 (age 66 years, 199 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1899, to Marion Williams; married 1924 to Amy Gardner (Glidden) Richards.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) — also known as Claude V. Parsons — of Golconda, Pope County, Ill. Born near McCormick, Pope County, Ill., October 7, 1895. Democrat. Farmer; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated, 1940. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941 (age 45 years, 228 days). Interment at Zion Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Alexander Gordon Penn (1799-1866) — also known as Alexander G. Penn — of near Covington, St. Tammany Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Patrick County, Va., May 10, 1799. Democrat. Planter; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1830; postmaster at New Orleans, La., 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1844, 1852, 1856; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1850-53; lumber mill owner. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., May 7, 1866 (age 66 years, 362 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known as John A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 1, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and sugar planter; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi state senate, 1835-36; Governor of Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi, 1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848, 1856; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in office 1858. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Slaveowner. While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed to poison, but probably dysentery), and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams County, Miss., July 17, 1858 (age 58 years, 319 days). Interment at Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John A. Quitman (built 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1973) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about John A. Quitman: Robert E. May, John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader
  John Tony Salazar (b. 1953) — also known as John T. Salazar — of Manassa, Conejos County, Colo. Born in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colo., July 21, 1953. Democrat. Farmer; rancher; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 2003-04; U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 2005-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2008. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Brother of Kenneth Lee Salazar.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) — also known as Henry W. Seymour — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Brockport, Monroe County, N.Y., July 21, 1834. Lawyer; farmer; lumber manufacturer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82; member of Michigan state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated (Democratic), 1896. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1906 (age 71 years, 260 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October 27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30, 1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29, 1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; second cousin of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour and McNeil Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward Woodruff Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour, Horatio Seymour Jr. and Norman Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas Seymour, William Chapman Williston and Augustus Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles, Daniel Pitkin and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David Lowrey Seymour and Thomas Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Ela Collins and Caleb Seymour Pitkin.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Frederick A. Sterling Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876-1957) — also known as Frederick A. Sterling — of New York City (unknown county), N.Y.; Texas. Born in St. Louis, Mo., August 13, 1876. Cattle ranch manager; woollen manufacturer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1927-34; Bulgaria, 1933-36; Sweden, 1938-41. Died in Washington, D.C., April 21, 1957 (age 80 years, 251 days). Interment at St. James Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Canfield Sterling and Coredlia (Seavey) Sterling; married, May 21, 1921, to Dorothy (Williams) McCombs (widow of William Frank McCombs).
  Epitaph: "GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE / AND FLIGHTS OF ANGELS SING THEE / TO THY REstate."
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. Embassy Latvia
  Michael Lynn Synar (1950-1996) — also known as Mike Synar — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Vinita, Craig County, Okla., October 17, 1950. Democrat. Rancher; real estate broker; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1979-95. Died, of brain cancer, in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1996 (age 45 years, 84 days). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Jon Tester (b. 1956) — Born in Havre, Hill County, Mont., August 21, 1956. Democrat. Farmer; school teacher; member of Montana state senate, 1999-2006; U.S. Senator from Montana, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 2008. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of David O. Tester and Helen Marie (Pearson) Tester; married to Sharla Bitz.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
Benjamin R. Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) — also known as Benjamin R. Tillman; "Pitchfork Ben"; "The One-Eyed Plowboy" — of Trenton, Edgefield County, S.C. Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C., August 11, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost his left eye in 1864; farmer; Governor of South Carolina, 1890-94; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield County, 1895; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; in Februry, 1902, he accused fellow South Carolina senator John McLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage) to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the two came to blows on the Senate floor; both were censured by the Senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1912 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1916; member of Democratic National Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16. English ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., July 3, 1918 (age 70 years, 326 days). Interment at Ebenezer Cemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue at State House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Sr. and Sophia (Hancock) Tillman; brother of George Dionysius Tillman; married 1868 to Sallie Starke.
  Cross-reference: Frazier B. Baker
  Tillman County, Okla. is named for him.
  Politician named for him: Ben T. Leppard
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Books about Ben Tillman: Stephen Kantrowitz, Ben Tillman & the Reconstruction of White Supremacy
  Image source: New York Public Library
James W. Wadsworth, Jr. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) — also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. — of Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., August 12, 1877. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920 (speaker), 1924, 1928, 1936, 1940; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1912; U.S. Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S. Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45, 41st District 1945-51); delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Grange; United Spanish War Veterans; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Union League; Skull and Bones. The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol prohibition. Died in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1952 (age 74 years, 314 days). Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Wolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married, September 30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter of John Milton Hay); father of James Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William Stuart Symington); nephew of Charles Frederick Wadsworth; grandson of James Samuel Wadsworth; grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington; great-grandson of Reverdy Johnson; great-grandnephew of Thomas Fielder Bowie; second great-grandson of John Johnson; second great-grandnephew of Robert William Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson of Erastus Wolcott and Robert William Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew of Oliver Wolcott Sr., Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall; fourth great-grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Frederick Wolcott and Margaret Taylor; second cousin once removed of Edward Oliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John William Allen, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Coe Birdsey, George Harrison Hall and Alfred Wolcott.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919
Henry Cantwell Wallace Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., May 11, 1866. Farmer; college professor; magazine editor; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., October 25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Wallace and Nannie (Cantwell) Wallace; married, November 24, 1887, to Carrie May Brodhead; father of Henry Agard Wallace (who married Ilo Browne).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry C. Wallace (built 1943 at Terminal Island, California; sold and renamed SS California Sun; after explosion and fire, sank in Indian Ocean, 1967) was originally named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: American Review of Reviews, February 1922
  John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882) — also known as John H. Wheeler — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C., August 2, 1806. Lawyer; historian; planter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1828-31, 1852-53 (Hertford County 1828-31, Lincoln County 1852-53); superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Charlotte, N.C., 1837-41; North Carolina state treasurer, 1843-45; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1854-56. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., December 7, 1882 (age 76 years, 127 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Wheeler and Elizabeth Maria (Jordan) Wheeler; married, April 19, 1830, to Mary Elizabeth Brown; married, November 8, 1838, to Ellen Oldmixon Sully.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Murray Wilson (1881-1967) — also known as Thomas M. Wilson — of Washington, D.C. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., July 29, 1881. Farmer; banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1919-20; Madras, 1921-22; Bombay, 1922-23; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1942. Died in 1967 (age about 85 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Edmiston Wilson and Ellen (Murray) Wilson.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
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